Willpower

"When a person trains once, nothing happens. When a person forces himself to do a thing a hundred or a thousand times, then he certainly has developed in more ways than physical. Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter, either. Then willpower will be no problem."
- Emil Zatopek

There should be No Excuses when it come to your health.  Get out and make exercise a muscle memory so that your body will crave it versus cringing at it.

Stay Motivated 

Military/ Civilian Athlete

YOU ARE A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE.
Professional athletes use their bodies to earn a living. Soldiers are professional athletes. Your paycheck not only depends upon your fitness and health, but so too does your combat performance and survivability.

1) Take Responsibility for your own fitness.
     Self Educate through professional reading, seminars, etc.
     Stop “working out” and start “training”.
     Make training a professional habit - not a burden. Not an afterthought.
     Train appropriately for your job, not for your “sport” or what you’re good at or
like to do.  
     Train for the unexpected!
     Demand/Give command support: coaching/equipment/time.

2) Fix your diet.
     Professional athletes don’t eat crap. 
     Educate yourself about food and what it does to your body.
     Good nutrition doesn’t take rocket science. It takes discipline.

FITNESS ATTRIBUTES OF A MILITARY/TACTICAL ATHLETE
     1) High Relative Strength
     2) High Work Capacity for Short/Intense Events
     3) Stamina for multiple events over a long duration. Also, stamina for a long event.
     4) Mental Toughness
     5) Durability for a long career.

These are all things I expect out of my soldiers but they are not limited to just a them.  If you take this and apply it to your life and/or training you will not only meet your goals but surpass them in a way that might surprise you.

Always expect more out of yourself.